News

26. 2. 2013

Conducting the first
Open-Heart Surgery by using the modern technique
in the world at SVU

It was conducted the first open-heart surgery in
the world by using the modern technique in the
world after conducted it in Switzerland, where
Prof. Dr. Patrick Ruchat, Swiss expert of heart
surgery and chest , Prof. Dr. Karem Moslam, head
of department of heart surgery at the university
hospital and assistants conducted a surgery for
young man at the age of 35 years who suffered
from sever mitral stenosis and sever tricuspid
regurgitation due to his infection with
rheumatic fever , therefore the Swiss expert
replaced mitral valve with artificial valve
through the modern technique that was conducted
only in Switzerland and currently conducting at
the university , through tricuspid regurgitation
repair by using part of pericardium that
decrease the cost of surgery ,as well as
improving the heart functions , where it is used
natural tissue from human body , Moreover
reducing left atrium to natural size due to left
atrium hypertrophy.

Prof. Dr.
Patrick Ruchat, Swiss expert confirmed on his
happiness of this visit where he conducted the
modern technique for second time at the
university hospital after Switzerland , on the
other hand , Prof. Dr. Abbas Mansour , the
university president expressed his happiness for
conducting these accurate surgeries at the
university hospital , pointing that the hospital
succeeded in hosting medical experts such as
Prof. Dr. Neumann , expert of orthopedic and
Prof. DR. Oertel , expert of neurosurgery and
vertebral column

While Prof.
Dr. Karam Muslim ,the department head of heart
Surgery at the University Hospital confirmed
that the patient's condition is stable where the
patient's condition was difficult, as well as Dr.
Muhammad Abd Al-Bari, Dr. Ahmed Sayed and Dr.
Yousef Sheba at anesthesia department expressed
their happiness of the expert visiting and
successful of surgery